THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 57

eribed shall be a district for the purposes of
the said Act, that is to say:-
All territory lying within a boundary line
commencing at Te Kaha point, in the Bay of
Plenty, thence by a line inland to the summit
of Hikurangi Mountain, thence by a line due
South about ten miles, thence by a line due
East to the summit of Tawhiti Mountain,
thence descending to the sea coast at Waima-
huru, and thence by the coast-line to the com-
mencing point at Te Kaha:
And doth appoint and declare that the said
District shall be called the "Native District of
Waiapu":
And doth declare that this Order shall take
effect from and after the 1st of February,
1862.
J. HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Appointing "Lower Waikato" District under
Native Circuit Courts Act.
G. GREY,
Governor.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
ON THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1862.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
the "Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858," it is
provided that it shall be lawful for the Gover-
nor in Council from time to time to appoint
Districts for the purposes of the said Act, being
Districts over which the Native Title shall not
for the time being have been extinguished:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth hereby order, appoint,
and declare that the Territory hereafter des-
cribed shall be a District for the purposes of
the said Act t is to say: All Territory
lying within a boundary line commencing at
the North Head of Kawhia Harbour, thence
following the ranges Easterly to Pirongia
Mountains, thence by the Western Boundary
of the "Upper Waikato District" as constitu-
ted by Order in Council on the 16th Decem-
ber 1861 (along the ranges skirting the Wes-
tern bank of the Waipa and Waikato rivers) to
the Northern boundary fence of the Mission
Station at Taupiri, thence along that fence and
following the boundary of the said Upper
Waikato District (along the boundary of the
land belonging to the Ngati aua tribe) to the
Eastern watershed of the Waikato river,
thence following that watershed so as to in-
clude the land watered by the tributaries of the
Waikato river to the boundary of the Govern-
ment land at Mangatawhiri, thence following
the boundary of the Government land to the
Awaroa river, thence by the Waikato river to
its mouth, and thence by the coast line to
the commencing point:

And doth appoint and declare that the said
District shall be called the "Native District of
"Lower Waikato":
And doth declare that this Order shall take
effect from and after the 5th day of February,
1862.
HAMPDEN WILLIS,
For Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Appointing "Lower Waikato" District under
Native Districts Regulation Act.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
ON THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1862.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

HEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the
"Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858,"
it is provided that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council from time to time to
appoint Districts for the purposes of the said
Act, being Districts over which the Native Title
shall not for the time being have been extin-
guished:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth hereby order, appoint,
and declare that the Territory hereafter des-
cribed shall be a District for the purposes of
the said Act, that is to say:-All Territory
lying within a boundary line commencing at
the North Head of Kawhia Harbour, thence
following the ranges Easterly to Pirongia
Mou: tain, thence by the Western Boundary
of the "Upper Waikato District" as constitu-
ted by Order in Council on the 16th Decem-
ber, 1861 (along the ranges skirting the Wes-
tern back of the Waipa and Waikato Rivers),
to the Northern boundary fence of the Mission
Station at Taupiri, thence along that fence and
following the boundary of the said Upper Wai-
kato District (along the boundary of the land
belonging to the Ngatihaua tribe), to the East-
ern watershed of the Waikato river, thence
following that watershed so as to include the
land watered by the tributaries of the Waikato
river to the boundary of the Government land
at Margatawhiri, thence following the boun-
dary of the Government land to the Awaroa
River, thence by the Waikato River to its
mouth, and thence by the coast line to the
commencing point:

And doth appoint and declare that the said
District shall be called the Native District of
"Lower Waikato":
And doth declare that this Order shall take
effect from and after the 5th day of February,
1862.
HAMPDEN WILLIS,
For Clerk of Executive Council.